Libro di M. Giovambattista Palatino cittadino romano : nelqual s'insegna à scriuer ogni sorte lettera, antica & moderna, di qualun que natione, con le sue regole, & misure, & essempi : et con vn breve et vtil discorso de le cifre
Libro di M. Giovambattista Palatino cittadino romano : nelqual s'insegna à scriuer ogni sorte lettera, antica & moderna, di qualun que natione, con le sue regole, & misure, & essempi : et con vn breve et vtil discorso de le cifre
Papal permission dated 1540, the year of the 1st ed. Palatino's dedication dated 1545 (A4v), and a number of the pages bear dates of 1540 or 1545. The present ed. is a re-issue of that of 1548; letterpress pages have been reset; see Bonacini
Signatures: A-H (H8 blank)
Getty copy lacks final blank
Woodcut port. of author on t.p. The pages displaying the chancery hand and the various alphabets are printed from woodcut blocks. "Sonetto figurato" (sonnet in rebus), F6v-F8r. Full-page cut of writing implements, G8v. Palatino's moth & flame emblem, H7v. Historiated initials
Bonacini, C. Arti scrittorie
Binding: decorated paper. Green leather spine with author, place and date in gilt. Parchment corners
Outline letters on D7v partly filled in with brown color
Notes
No page numbers. No Table of Contents. Foxing.
Addeddate
2009-02-03 16:18:57
Associated-names
Palatino, Giovanni Battista, 16th cent. Libro nuovo d'imparare a scrivere